Railway-car.



'P-ATEN'TED NOV. 27,1906.

SARGENT.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPL-fOATION'FILED MR1. 1904.

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WITN ESSES INVENTOR PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

F. G. SARGBNT.

' RAILWAYCAR.

APPLIOATION FILED mums, 1904.

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INVENTOR U" ATTORNEYS WITNESSES:

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- I To all whom it may concern/i Be-it known that I ,'.FRANK C. SARGENT, of

'Syra cuse, in the county of Onondaga andv simple in construction and highly advan-,

ta .eousandefiicient in use. -0 this' end .the invention includes. the combination and arrangement of the componen't parts to be hereinafter described, and

particularly pointed out in the claims.

Althou h the'inven'tion is susceptible of.

somemo cation, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings and shall hereinafter zo. gescribe in connection therewith what is ow conceived "to be a preferred embodiment of the same. ,v I In the drawin s, Figurel shows in side elevation, partly roken away, a freight-car 2 5 equipped with m safety appliance. Fig. 2

13 an end view 0 the same, and 3 1s a plan view thereof part1 broken away.

' i The invention inc udes lgenerally side guards extending longitudina y of the top of 3o th'ecar contiguous to the side edges thereof and end guards extending parallel to the ends of. the car contiguous to the'end edges of the same. 1- I y In the accompanying drawings a conven- 5 tional' construction of freight-car is designated by 1, having a top 2 with surfaces inclining downwardly fromthe longitudinal central line of the same. The usual flat walk? is shown extending from end to end of 0' the 'car' centrally of the top thereof.

"The side guards preferably includeaplu ra'lity of equidistantly-spaoedf'posts 4-, ar range contlguous to the side edges of the car and each provided with a base-flange 5, 'thr0ugh which bolts on other fastening means extend for securing the posts rigidly to the car-top, and upper and lower llOIlzontally-extending rails or strands 6 7, se-. ,curedto the posts and supported thereby.

I The end guards preferably include posts 8 corresponding to the posts 4, secured to the car-top upon each side of the walk 3 at each endv of t e car, and upper and lower rails or strands 9 10, extending between each of the 5 51 posts 8 and the adjacent end posts 4' of the "side guards. Between the posts 8 at'each Specification of Letters Patent. 1 A lies filed m nia 12504. as 1%. 198,871

the same, the upper end rails 9 are preferabl Patented Nov. 27', 1906.

end of the car a passage-way 11 is: providedm line with the walk 3. Associated with each of these passage-ways and overhanging the adjacent end of the car is a platform12',

which preferably comprises sidev bars 13, secured to the top of the car and connected at their'outer ends by'an integral cross-bar 14, said side bars being held in position by the base-flanges of the posts 8, the inner ends 6 thereof beinglinterpos'ed between said baseflanges and t e top of the car, Fig. 3. Supported by the frame so formed is a tread portion 15', which in the present embodiment a of my invention is shown as reticulated. 0

To provide side rails for the platforms and for the purpose ofaadditionall'ysupporting p'royided with integral extensions 16, whic alle sm with'the side bars 13 lengthwise of the latter, are then deflected downwardly toward the platforms and {theirends secured to the outer corners of the same, It will be understood that the. platforms are intended to bridge the spaces between the ends of the walks 3 of adjacent cars' when coupled intrain formation.

In each of the end guards to one side ofthe passa e-way 11 a second passage-way 17 is provi ed. vThe latter is arranged in line with the contiguous vertically-disposed ladder 18, secured to the end of "the car and is-prefer ably formed by deflecting-one of the topl ails of the end guards downwardly at a point be-- tween one of the posts 4 and the adjacent post 8, so that a substantially U-shaped offset is prbvided, the bottom portion 19 of which is'arranged in close juxtaposition to the adjacent rail 10, while side portions there 9 5 of extend vertically between theends of said portion 19 and the main line of the rail 9.

The construction and o eration' of my railway-car will now be readi y understood upon reference to the foregoing description and the I oo accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that more or less changes may be made in the component parts thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully-described my invention, 1 5

whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters'Patent,isg 1. The combination with a railway-car; of side and end guards securedto the top thereof, each of the end guards having a central no passage-way theretnrough, and a second pas sage-way to oneside'of'the firstipassage-wavproLect from the" posts 8 and extend in par- 7'15.

and extending substantially parallel to the first-mentioned passage-wa substantially as and for the purpose descri ed. N

2. The combination with a railwa -car having a walk extending longitudinally thereof centrally of the sameof .end uards, terminating at each side of said wa k to'provide I passage-ways centrally of the end guards,

guards, said en said end guards having additionalpassageways to one side of the first-mentioned1passage-ways.- I

3. The combination with a railway-car having a walk extending longitudinally thereof centrally of the same; of side guards, and end guards terminating on each side of saidwalk to provide passa e-ways'centrally of the end guards having additional passage-ways to one side of the first-named passage-ways, substantially as and for the purpose set'forth.

4 The combination with a railway-car having a walk extending longitudinally thereof centrally of. the same; of side guards, and end guards'terminating on each side of said walk to provide passe e-ways centrally of the end guards, said on [guards having additional passage waysto one side of the first-named passage-ways, and a platform associated with each central passage-way ar d overhanging the adjacent end-of the car, substantially as and for the :purpose described.

5 The combination with a car having a 'walk extending longitudinally of the top said posts and the contiguous thereof centrally of the same; of side guards -oomprisingvertical posts and to and-bottom rails or strands, and end guar s comprisin vertical osts arranged at each side of sai walk and rails or strands extending between osts of the side guards, one'of the upper rai s of each of saidend guards having a substantially U- shaped offset therein providing a passageway, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a car having a walk extending longitudinally of the top thereof, and side and end guards comprising vertical posts and horizontally-extending strands or rails, said end guards having passage-ways therethrough in alinement withbars held at their inner ends by the end posts, an integral cross-bar connecting their outer ends, and side rails formed by extent one of the top rails of the adjacent end guards, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. The combination with a car having a walk extending longitudinally of the top thereof, and side and end guards comprising vertical posts and horizontally-extending strands or rails, said end guards having passage-ways therethrough in alinement with the walk; of a platform associated witheach' I passage-way and'overhanging the end of the car, each of said platforms comprising side" bars, a cross-bar connecting the same, and side rails formed by extensions of the to rails of the adjacent end guards, said si e rails extending parallel to said-side bars, and terminating 'in vertically-extending parts connected to the side bars substantially at the corners formed by said cross-bar and said side bars, substantially as and for the Q purpose set forth.

9. The combination with a car; of side guards comprising a plurality of verticallyarranged posts and horizontally-extending upper and lower rails supported thereby, and end guards each comprising two posts spaced a distance apart to provide a passage-way between the same, and upper and lower horizontal rails extending between each of said posts and the acent posts of the side guards, one ofthe upper rails of each-end guard having a deflected portion providinga passage-way to one side of the first-mentioned passageway, sirbstantially as and for the purpose describedi 10. The combination with a car; of side guards comprising a plurality of verticallyarranged posts and horizontally-extending upper and lower rails supported there by, and end guards each comprising two posts, spaced'a distance apart to provide a passageway between the same, and upper and lower horizontal rails extending between each of said posts and the adjacent posts of the side guards, one of the upper rails of each end guard being deflected downwardly to bring a portion of the same in close juxtaposition to the adjacent lower rail, and other portions in parallelism with the posts, substantially as and for the'purpose specified.

1'1. In a safety appliance for railway-cars, the combination with a car of side guards, end guards having passageways therethrough, said guards comprising vertical posts having base-flanges and horizontallyextending rails or'strands, the posts of the end guards being arranged on each side of said passage-ways, and a platform associated I 2 5 with each passage-way, including side bars held at their inner ends by the base-flanges of the end posts, substantially as and for the purpose described. I y

12. In a safety appliance for railway-cars,-

the combinationwith a car; of side guards,

end guards having passage-Ways therethrough, said guards comprising vertical posts having baseflanges and horizontally- .extending rails or strands, the posts of the end guards being'arranged on each side of said passageways,- and a platform associated I of the end posts, and extensions of the upper end rails running parallel with said side bars,

' and having their ends deflected downwardly and connected to the platforms at the outer corners of the same, substantially, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two-attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of'New York, this 13th day of February, 1904. v

FRANK C. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

D. LAVINE, S. DAVIS. 

